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Introduction - Sources - Match Anomalies - Missing Referees

The nature of audting match records over three decades results in a number of anomalies. My process begins with taking John Punshon's full season record and determing the number of starting players for each team involved in every match across the entire season. In almost all cases, a complete starting eleven is revealed along with a number of substitutes. In some cases though, there may be a player or players missing from the starting lineup or more than eleven starting players are listed. Substitutions provide their own dilemma. My auditing process isolates any match without a full set of substitions and it is with these instances where I have discovered the odd discrepancy. Sometimes it may be as simple as a referee not noting a substitution on the official team sheet, or in the case where a team sheet is unavailable, an anomaly may be identified via an alternative media source. Ultimately, the fewer sources available for a specific match, the more likely a substitution may have been missed. In instances where there are no team sheets available, media outlets are indeed the only source of information when attempting to build an accurate match record. Below is a list of match records where anomalies are known to exist. I would be keen to hear from any journalist or match reporter who may have covered these games from either a print or photographic perspecitve. Better still, if you are referee or club official involved in a match and you have kept some records over the years, your input is more than welcome. Please contact me at vicfootball via e-mail or twitter if you can shed any light on the missing information from these matches.

Season 1991 (20)

Round 1 - Sunday, 10 March 1991 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Croydon City v Northcote City (1-0) - given name of player Napopoulos unknown.

Round 2 - Sunday, 17 March 1991 at John Cain Reserve, Thornbury - Northcote City v Doveton (1-1) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 2 - Sunday, 17 March 1991 at Waratah Reserve - Oakleigh v Green Gully (0-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 6 - Saturday, 13 April 1991 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Mooroolbark v Oakleigh (0-2) - given name of player Karagiannis unknown.

Round 7 - Sunday, 21 April 1991 at Caloola Reserve, Oakleigh - Oakleigh v St Albans (5-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 9 - Saturday, 4 May 1991 at Crinigan Reserve, Morwell - Morwell Falcons v Albion (1-1) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 9 - Saturday, 4 May 1991 at Waratah Reserve - Doveton v Croydon City (0-0) -  only nine starting players listed.

Round 12 - Saturday, 25 May 1991 at Waratah Reserve - Doveton v Green Gully (0-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 14 - Saturday, 8 June 1991 at Crinigan Reserve, Morwell - Morwell Falcons v Doveton (4-0) - twelve starting players listed.

Round 16 - Saturday, 22 June 1991 at Crinigan Reserve, Morwell - Morwell Falcons v Green Gully (1-3) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 17 - Sunday, 30 June 1991 at Caloola Reserve, Oakleigh - Oakleigh v Morwell Falcons (0-1) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 17 - Sunday, 30 June 1991 at CB Smith Reserve - Fawkner v Mooroolbark (1-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 19 - Sunday, 14 July 1991 at Green Gully Reserve - Green Gully v St Albans (3-3) - twelve starting players listed.

Round 22 - Sunday, 4 August 1991 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Croydon City v Doveton (1-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 22 - Sunday, 4 August 1991 at Selwyn Park - Albion v Morwell Falcons (1-3) - unidentified substitute for Tyrone James in the 20th minute.

Round 24 - Sunday, 18 August 1991 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Croydon City v Green Gully (0-2) - given name of player Hayhurst unknown.

Round 24 - Sunday, 18 August 1991 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Croydon City v Green Gully (0-2) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 25 - Sunday, 25 August 1991 at Green Gully Reserve - Green Gully v Doveton (4-2) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 25 - Sunday, 25 August 1991 at John Cain Reserve - Northcote City v Brunswick Juventus (3-2) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 26 - Sunday, 1 September 1991 at Selwyn Park - Albion v Thomastown (2-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Season 1992 (6)

Round 5 - Wednesday, 18 March 1992 at Olympic Park, Melbourne - Sunshine George Cross v Thomastown (0-0) - twelve starting players listed.

Round 13 - Sunday, 24 May 1992 at Veneto Social Club, Bulleen - Bulleen v Fawkner (2-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 23 - Sunday, 2 August 1992 at Churchill Reserve, St Albans - St Albans v Albion (1-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 23 - Sunday, 2 August 1992 at Partridge Reserve, Lalor - Thomastown v Oakleigh (2-1) - given name of player Botakis unknown.

Round 26 - Sunday, 23 August 1992 at Dorset Recreation Reserve - Croydon City v Knox City (2-2) - given name of player Hayhurst unknown.

Multiple rounds (1, 8, 9 and 18) - given name of Oakleigh player Christofilopoulos unknown.

Season 1993 (10)

Round 4 - Sunday, 21 March 1993 at Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine - Sunshine George Cross v St Albans (1-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 4 - Sunday, 21 March 1993 at Chaplin Reserve, Sunshine - Sunshine George Cross v St Albans (1-0) - given name of player Zahra unknown.

Round 17 - Monday, 14 June 1993 at Churchill Reserve, St Albans - St Albans v Sunshine George Cross (4-3) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 17 - Monday, 14 June 1993 at Veneto Social Club, Bulleen - Bulleen v Altona Gate (0-0) - given name of player Nedanovski unknown.

Round 20 - Sunday, 4 July 1993 at Paisley Park, North Altona - Altona Gate v Brunswick Juventus (2-0) - only ten starting players listed.

Multiple rounds (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 16) - given name of Albion player Osman unknown.

Multiple rounds (15 and 18) - given name of Croydon City player Field unknown.

Multiple rounds (1, 5, 25 and 26) - given name of Knox City player Bakker unknown.

Multiple rounds (8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 25 and 26) - given name of Knox City player Saisi unknown.

Multiple rounds (22, 24, 25 and 26) - given name of Springvale City player Grella unknown.

Season 1998 (1)

Round 9 - Monday, 23 March 1998 at Olympic Village, Heidelberg - Heidelberg United v Thomastown (1-3) - twelve starting players listed.

Season 2001 (1)

Round 3 - Friday, 16 February 2001 at SS Anderson Reserve, Port Melbourne - Port Melbourne Sharks v Altona Magic (4-0) - only five starting players listed.

Season 2002 (1)

Round 13 - Monday, 20 May 2002 at Veneto Social Club, Bulleen - Bulleen Zebras v Fitzroy City (4-0) - head coach unknown.

Season 2003 (1)

Round 19 - Sunday, 6 July 2003 at Churchill Reserve, St Albans - St Albans Saints v Green Gully Cavaliers (0-1) - four substitutes listed.

Season 2004 (1)

Round 18 - Sunday, 27 June 2004 at Monterey Reserve, Frankston North - Frankston Pines v Whittlesea Stallions (4-2) - head coach unknown.

Season 2007 (1)

Round 26 - Sunday, 9 September 2007 at Knights Stadium, Sunshine North - Melbourne Knights v A.I.S. (2-1) - cautions not known.

Season 2009 (2)

Major Semi-Final - Saturday, 30 August 2009 at George Andrews Reserve - Dandenong Thunder v Altona Magic (0-1) - cautions not known.

Preliminary Final - Sunday, 6 September 2009 at Bob Jane Stadium, Albert Park - Dandenong Thunder v Hume City (3-1) - cautions not known.

Season 2010 (1)

Round 19 - Wednesday, 18 August 2010 at Veneto Social Club - Dandenong Thunder v Northcote City (1-4) - only nine starting players listed. Substitutes and cautions unknown.

Season 2012 (1)

Round 5 - Friday, 4 May 2012 at Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh - Oakleigh Cannons v Richmond (1-1) - one substitute unknown.

Season 2014 (4)

Round 7 - Friday, 2 May 2014 at Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh - Oakleigh Cannons v Dandenong Thunder (6-0) - only eight starting players listed. Substitutes and cautions unknown.

Round 8 - Sunday, 11 May 2014. Galvin Park, Werribee - Werribee City v Pascoe Vale (1-1) - only ten starting players listed.

Round 15 - Saturday, 28 June 2014 at Morshead Park Stadium, Redan - Ballarat Red Devils v Goulburn Valley Suns (3-0) - one substitute unknown.

Round 20 - Saturday, 30 August 2014. McEwan Reserve, Shepparton - Goulburn Valley Suns v Hume City (1-4) - two substitutes unknown.

Season 2015 (3)

Round 16 - Saturday, 13 June 2015 at Doyle Street Reserve, Avondale Heights - Avondale v Pascoe Vale (0-0) - two substitutes and cautions unknown.

Round 24 - Friday, 7 August 2015. Lakeside Stadium, Albert Park - South Melbourne v Port Melbourne Sharks (4-2) - cautions unknown.

Round 25 - Friday, 14 August 2015 at CB Smith Reserve, Fawkner - Pascoe Vale v Melbourne Knights (0-2) - Substitutes unconfirmed and cautions unknown.

Season 2017 (1)

Round 22 - Friday, 14 July 2017 at Jack Edwards Reserve, Oakleigh - Oakleigh Cannons v North Geelong Warriors (4-0) - one substitute unknown.